Selected recent publications:

• Almarza AJ, Augustine S, Woo SL-Y.  “Changes in Gene Expression of Matrix Constituents with Respect to Passage of Ligament and Tendon Fibroblasts,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36(12): 1927-33, 2008.
• Nguyen TD, Liang R, Woo SL-Y, Burton SD, Wu C, Almarza AJ, Sacks MS, Abramowitch SD.  “Effects of Cell Seeding and Cyclic Stretch on the Fiber Remodeling in an Extracellular Matrix-Derived Bioscaffold,” Tissue Engineering Part A, 15(4): 957-63, 2008.
• Almarza AJ, Yang G, Woo SL-Y, Nguyen TD, Abramowitch SD.  “Positive Changes of Bone Marrow Derived Cells in Response to Culture on an Aligned Bioscaffold,” Tissue Engineering Part A, 14(9): 1489-95, 2008. 
• Abramowitch S, Redfern M, Debski R, Almarza AJ, Borovetz, H, Woo, SL-Y. “Intramural Research Internship: A Requirement of the Undergraduate Bioengineering Curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh,” (Short Paper). Global Colloquium on Engineering Education (ASEE), 2008. 
• Liang R, Woo SL-Y, Nyugen TD, Liu PC, Almarza AJ.  “Effects of a Bioscaffold on Collagen Fibrillogenesis in Healing Medial Collateral Ligament in Rabbits,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 26(8): 1098-104, 2008.
• Bean AC, Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Effects of ascorbic acid concentration on the tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disc. Proc Inst Mech Eng [H]. 2006 Apr;220(3):439-47.
• Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Effects of hydrostatic pressure on TMJ disc cells. Tissue Eng. 2006 May;12(5):1285-94.
• Detamore MS, Hegde JN, Wagle RR, Almarza AJ, Montufar-Solis D, Duke PJ, Athanasiou KA.
  Cell type and distribution in the porcine temporomandibular joint disc. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Feb;64(2):243-8.
• Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Evaluation of three growth factors in combinations of two for temporomandibular joint disc tissue engineering. Arch Oral Biol. 2006 Mar;51(3):215-21. Epub 2005 Aug 18.
• Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Effects of initial cell seeding density for the tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disc. Ann Biomed Eng. 2005 Jul;33(7):943-50.
• Almarza AJ, Bean AC, Baggett LS, Athanasiou KA. Biochemical analysis of the porcine temporomandibular joint disc. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Apr;44(2):124-8. Epub 2005 Jul 11.
• Detamore MS, Orfanos JG, Almarza AJ, French MM, Wong ME, Athanasiou KA. Quantitative analysis and comparative regional investigation of the extracellular matrix of the porcine temporomandibular joint disc. Matrix Biol. 2005 Feb;24(1):45-57.
• Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Seeding techniques and scaffolding choice for tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disk. Tissue Eng. 2004 Nov-Dec;10(11-12):1787-95.
• Almarza AJ, Athanasiou KA. Design characteristics for the tissue engineering of cartilaginous tissues. Ann Biomed Eng. 2004 Jan;32(1):2-17. Review.
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Alejandro Jose Almarza
Phone: 412-648-8500
Email: aja19@pitt.edu